Covington, Ga. might look like a regular small town, but it is actually one of the most-filmed places in the South. Its streets have shown up in countless movies and TV shows, making it a kind of open-air studio.
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Active threat hoaxes ripple across state, US
By Hannah Mock | September 6Dozens of schools across the southeast have gone into lockdown in the past two weeks in response to reports of active threats.Mercer University notified students and faculty of a potential active threat on campus on Wednesday, Aug. 27. Central Georgia Technical College received a similar call a day ...
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AJC offers students free access to online paper
By Gabriel Kopp | August 29The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is offering Mercer students free access to its website. This is the second year that the paper and the university have partnered together to deliver state and local news to the student body, according to Larry Brumley, Mercer's senior vice president for marketing ...
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'This is our team, this is our time': Club World Cup comes to Macon
By Gabriel Kopp | June 5Mercer Athletics and Macon-Bibb County announced on Tuesday that the Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC will use Macon as its base camp leading up to the 2025 Club World Cup, which starts in mid-June.Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller heralded the news as a boon for the county and highlighted ...
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Mercer students participate in MLK Day march organized by the Middle Georgia Democratic Socialists
By Patrick Z. Hobbs | January 26Members of the Middle Georgia chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, including several Mercer students, took part in a march celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at Hardy Ivy Park in Atlanta on Jan. 20.
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Update: Classes cancelled Wednesday
By Gabriel Kopp | January 21Classes and offices on Mercer's Macon campus will be closed until noon Wednesday in response to forecast icy roads, according to a press release emailed on Tuesday night.
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Update: Mercer cancels Friday classes due to weather
By Gabriel Kopp | January 9Mercer is preparing for a bout of winter weather in its first week back from break. The National Weather Service told The Cluster on Thursday that the Macon area could expect to see a mix of snow, freezing rain and sleet starting Friday at 7 a.m. and lasting until 4 p.m. the same day.
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Students react to election results
By Gabriel Kopp and Jacob Hossler | November 10The buildup to, and results of the 2024 presidential election elicited various emotions from the student body, following the victory of former President Donald Trump announced in the early hours of Wednesday, Nov. 6. To increase voter turnout among Mercer students, and to spur engagement with the democratic ...
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SC primary voters cast a shadow over Georgia’s March 12 primary
By Henry Keating and Eliza Moore | February 25While Nikki Haley was counting on winning “her sweet state of South Carolina,” where she ended up holding about 40% of the primary vote, many voters at precincts across Columbia were far from optimistic about her chances going into Super Tuesday on March 5.
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Israel-Palestine panel hosts a “conversation,” hears student voices
By Henry Keating | November 16Tonight's panel on the Israel-Palestine conflict garnered more attention than was planned, forcing the organizers to move from the Godsey 103 lecture hall to Willet Auditorium, which was so full that panel attendees filled the upper deck of the auditorium and sat on the steps between the rows of lecture seats.
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Affirmative Action was overruled in June, what does that mean for Mercer?
By Henry Keating | September 1Affirmative Action was overturned in June, but what does that mean for new Bears?
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What you need to know about the Walker and Warnock runoff showdown
By Henry Keating | November 29With only one big ticket on the runoff for most of Georgia, the election between Herschel Walker (R) and Raphael Warnock (D) will likely be just as harshly contested as it was in the November midterm.
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Mercer casts their votes in the 2022 midterm elections
By Henry Keating and Maura Rutledge | November 9"I think there are a lot of issues right now that will affect our future, and I think it’s important to have a say in the decisions on those issues,” Haven Estabrook '26 said.
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What you need to know about Georgia's Oct. 11 voter registration deadline
By Gabriel Kopp | October 9For many college students, the upcoming Georgia midterms will be the first election where they are voting age. While Nov. 8 may seem far away, the deadline to register to vote in Georgia is Oct. 11, just a few days away.
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What you need to know about 988, the new U.S. suicide hotline
By Eliza Moore | August 25Formally known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the number is an alternative to 911 for those experiencing a mental health crisis.
